How To Use Odin To Flash Firmware On Samsung Android Devices

Odin is a firmware flashing software used to flash stock firmware (or custom firmware) on Samsung Android devices. The software was officially developed by Samsung and it is only available for Windows computer. If you don’t know how to use Odin, this is the complete guide to flashing a firmware image with Odin.

Whether you want to install a custom recovery, stock ROM, or Kernels on your Samsung Android device, Odin is absolutely the easiest way to do all this stuff without using the ADB fastboot method. Samsung Odin didn’t require any registration or login, it works similar like other flashing tools.

Step 1, Download and install a few things

Step 2, Enter download mode on your device

In order to flash any firmware on your Samsung Android device, you need to enter the download mode on your device. It’s very simple, power off your device > press and hold power button + home button + volume down key simultaneously for a few seconds. When it shows a Warning message, simply press volume up key to enter download mode.

Step 3, Flash a firmware using Odin

For this tutorial, I’m going to flash a stock firmware on a Samsung device using Odin 3.12.3.